Of the 140 houses sold in Greenwich in July, three claimed an address on Clapboard Ridge Road, a sylvan stretch of land nestled between Round Hill Road and North Street in midcountry, where pine trees sweep into the sky and waist-high stone walls wind around serpentine corners.

It's a little piece of the old English countryside, staking its claim on the Greenwich landscape -- and it's a hot neighborhood in town these days.

"There's been a lot of activity on this street, starting from here and going all the way over," Leslie McElwreath, an agent with Sotheby'sInternational Realty, said Tuesday morning, as she stood on the brick patio of a Georgian style mansion near Round Hill Road, which she placed on the market earlier that day.

On July 3, a home at 75 Clapboard Ridge Road went for a little more than $9 million. Twelve days later, 89 Clapboard Ridge Road fetched $3.45 million, followed by 124 Clapboard Ridge Road's $3.65 million sale on July 17.

All three homes are on the "newer" side of the road, which runs between Lake Avenue and North Street.

"That section of the street has a completely different feel," said.

"From Round Hill to Lake Avenue, it's a very windy street, and everything's kind of covered from the street," she said. "Then you get from Lake to North Street and you'll see all the houses are set back, but exposed to the street, so it's a different feel."

Indeed it is. While the home she is marketing at 218 Clapboard Ridge Road is tucked away from the view of anyone who happens to ramble onto the mostly quiet street, the homes in the neighborhood of 75, 89 and 124 are perched on higher ground, allowing passersby to catch a glimpse at the large country homes -- like No. 80, a 9,500-square-foot home currently on the market for $5.25 million.

But for McElwreath, it's obvious that the jewel of the street is No. 218, which is aptly named Linden Court after the grove of Linden trees that have been growing in the lush backyard since it was first constructed in 1929.

"What's so special about this house is that you'd think you're in backcountry," she said as she stepped along the quarter-mile walking path that encircles the 5-plus acre estate. "There's so much space and privacy. But here you are, right at Round Hill Road."

The home, which has an asking price of $25 million, is part of the Khakum Wood Association, a private community with a storied past.

Back in 1900, Isaac Newtown Phelps Stokes, the renowned architect whose designs included Harvard's Music School and Yale's Woodbridge Hall, bought 177 acres of land in midcountry to build his grand estate, which he called Khakum Wood. After his home was built -- complete with an actual 16th century Tudor manor house he had disassembled in Suffolk, England and shipped to Greenwich to be reassembled -- Stokes began to sell off parts of his estate.

According to the 1986 book "Greenwich Estates," published by the Junior League of Greenwich, 30 plots were sold by 1937 when his wife Edith died, with another 12 ready to go. The home at Linden Court is one of the larger parcels he sold off, and one of the few remaining estates from Stokes's time.

"When I sold the house at 75 Clapboard Ridge, that was new construction, completed in 2005. They tore a house down there and then rebuilt it from the ground up, so it was about 12,000 square feet," said McElwreath. "That's a common trend on this street because of its desirability."

At Linden Court, the current owners "took it down to the studs and expanded it" when they purchased the house in the early 2000s. With a modern exercise room, theater, eight fireplaces and eight bathrooms along with three powder rooms, it balances old world charm with modern conveniences.

"It's really a trophy property," she said. And while a price tag of $25 million will certainly narrow the perspective buyer pool, she said she's not concerned about the possibility that it will sit on the market long.

"There are pockets of people looking for something special," she said. "And this, this is something special."